Francúzština | Angličtina |
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délai de mise en œuvre nom {m} | lead time [lead times]◼◼◼(the amount of time between the initiation of some process and its completion) |
délaissé; (tombé) en ruines adjectif | derelict◼◼◼(abandoned) |
délateur nom {m} | snitch◼◼◼(informer, usually one who betrays his group) |
délatif nom {m} | delative case(case used to indicate movement from an object) |
délation nom {f} | delation(accusation, see also: ) |
Delatour nom propre | Towers(equivalent surnames) |
délavé adjectif | faded◼◼◼(of colour that has lost its intensity) |
délayer verbe | hinder [hindered, hindering, hinders](to keep back; to delay or impede) |
(jeu de la) scie nom | cat's cradle(children's game) |
[colloquial] ravi de la crèche nom | open book(person naively honest or open) |
[formal] combien de langues parlez-vous ? phrase | how many languages do you speak(how many languages do you speak?) |
[France] La Roue de la Fortune nom {f} | Wheel of Fortune(television game show) |
[informal] combien de langues parles-tu ? phrase | how many languages do you speak(how many languages do you speak?) |
[informal] passer de la pommade verbe | bow and scrape(behave in a servile, obsequious, or excessively polite manner) |
[verb] coûter les yeux de la tête nom | an arm and a leg(exorbitant amount) |
à côté de la plaque preposition | off the mark◼◼◼(inaccurate) |
à côté de la plaque adjectif | off-the-wall(wildly unconventional; bizarre; absurd) |
à l'article de la mort preposition | at death's door◼◼◼(about to die) |
à l'article de la mort adverbe | in articulo mortis◼◻◻(at the moment of death) |
abus de langage nom {f} | malapropism [malapropisms]◼◼◼(the blundering use of a similar-sounding expression) |
accident de la route nom {m} | road accident◼◼◼(accident on the road) |
acte de langage nom {m} | speech act [speech acts]◼◼◼(act carried out by speech) |
affres de la mort nom {f pl} | anguish(extreme pain) |
aire de lancement nom {f} | launch pad◼◼◼(the surface from which a launch is made) |
ami de la famille nom {m} | family friend◼◼◼noun |
amoureux de la nature nom {m} | nature lover◼◼◼noun |
ange de la mort nom {m} | angel of death◼◼◼(personification of death in fiction and in art) |
ange de la mort nom propre {m} | Grim Reaper◼◻◻(personification of Death) |
angoisse de la mort nom {f} | anguish◼◼◼(extreme pain) |
angoisse de la page blanche nom {f} | writer's block◼◼◼(the temporary inability to write) |
application de la loi nom | law enforcement [law enforcements]◼◼◼(ensuring obedience to law) |
après la tombée de la nuit preposition | after dark◼◼◼(after nightfall, at night) |
arracher les mots de la bouche verbe | |
arrêt de lance nom {m} | grapper(ring on a lance) |
art de la guerre nom {m} | art of war◼◼◼(strategies and tactics) |
arts de la scène nom | performing arts◼◼◼(arts involving performance) |
as de la gâchette nom {m} | gunslinger◼◼◼(person expert at the quick draw) |
au-dessus de la mêlée preposition | above the fray◼◼◼(uninvoled in a difficult argument) |
au-dessus de la moyenne preposition | above average◼◼◼(Better than average) |
au pied de la lettre adverbe | to the letter◼◼◼(idiomatic for "literally", following the rules as they're written) |